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We've Been Promised These Futuristic Space Hotels for 60 Years

Gizmodo

Will people actually be staying in space hotels by 2027? But there are plenty of skeptics that space hotels could become a reality for Americans who are still waiting on universal healthcare. That’s the promise of Orbital Assembly and Voyager Station , space startups that got a lot of headlines this week. Read more.

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Avoiding a Stay at a Haunted Hotel And Why We Need a Travel App for That

CIO Business Intelligence

Imagine booking a room at a small, charming, off-the-beaten-path hotel on the Hawaiian island of Kauai using a popular mobile travel app, only to discover that the room is… haunted! Today, it’s a popular place to stay for budget-minded travelers who want to enjoy the neighborhood’s Italian restaurants near Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Commercial furniture and equipment procurement platform Source snags $8.5M

GeekWire

The company’s platform helps interior designers manage budgets, select products, and make purchases. Schmidt said while office construction is having an “adjustment moment,” other customer segments including senior living centers, hotels , and hospitality-related businesses are furthering demand.

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Wasabi Hot Innovations Tour: How "Hot Cloud Storage" Changes Everything!

Cloud Musings

Budgets simply can’t keep up and existing Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), “Cloud First” Policy, Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act challenges aren’t going away. Digital storage requirements are growing exponentially.

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Call to Action: Pounding the Table for Security Budgets

The Investing Edge

This rendered them paralyzed – unable to do online business, including booking hotel rooms, for many days. The Sands only saved itself from total IT meltdown by unplugging from the Internet entirely, but not before its North American network and sites were badly damaged.

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Seattle startup City Pods aims to address homelessness with standalone indoor mini homes

GeekWire

Keenan O’Leary, CEO and co-founder of City Pods, with a demo unit assembled in a Seattle hotel conference room. His idea was to create affordable, easy-to-assemble pods that would provide budget travelers with privacy and security at a lower price than a typical hotel room. GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler).

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Airbnb valued at $100 billion following blockbuster IPO — equivalent of more than five Expedias

GeekWire

billion — a mind-boggling figure that the newspaper said is greater than Marriott, Hyatt Hotels and Hilton Worldwide Holdings combined. Expedia has a formidable and well-funded rival knocking on the door after Airbnb’s stock more than doubled in a blockbuster initial public offering Thursday. billion. .

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